217 High Street, Yiewsley, West Drayton, UB7 7GN

Planning appeal 3279371 at 217 High Street, Yiewsley, West Drayton, UB7 7GN (London Borough of Hillingdon) was dismissed on 11 January 2022 by Inspector Davies G, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the health centre could be provided on a sequentially preferable site in relation to flood risk.

the erection of 5 and 6 storey buildings to provide a health facility (approximately 10,000sqft) (Use Class E) and 233 residential apartments with associated parking, communal podium garden, landscaping, pedestrian and cycle canal link and external works following the demolition of the existing buildin gs

Authority: London Borough of Hillingdon
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Davies G
Postcode: UB7 7GN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the health centre could be provided on a sequentially preferable site in relation to flood risk

What decided it

The proposal failed the sequential test for flood risk because reasonably available, sequentially preferable sites existed for the health centre element of the scheme.

The significant benefits of the new health centre and affordable housing, together with moderate benefits from market housing and design improvements, did not outweigh the failure to meet the sequential test and the resulting harm from placing new development at risk of flooding.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy SI 12Policy EM6Policy DMEI 9Policy GG3Policy CI 1Policy DMCI 2Policy H4
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 162
Judgments: R (on the application of Khodari) v RLB Kensington & Chelsea and Cedarpark Holdings Ltd [2017] EWCA Civ 333

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